This thesis engages with the recent international discourse of Black Metal theory to imagine an art history of Black Metal. It identifies Black Metal as a significant subject matter and referent in contemporary artworks by three American artists- Grant Willing (b. 1987), Terence Hannum (b. 1979), and Banks Violette (b. 1973)-and explores how Black Metal's presence is signified across artistic media by spaces that are formless, undefined, seemingly empty, or void.

Rubbish. Someone should tell students to stop writing thesis papers about the music they listen to from their iPod while the professor is lecturing...

Indeed. But like with stupid kids where the parents are to blame, here it is the professors who actually accept such crap as a (whatever) thesis.

Exactly, and that's why he have plenty of that in Germany alone. Inasfar as "analyzing" a fringe subculture such as Black Metal could ever be deemed a meaningful contribution to any science whatsoever, this is beyond me.

Needless to say, that "analyzing" is not scientific to begin with. It's just students writing down their own point of view and selling it as groundbreaking "news" to an audience completely alien to/unaware of Black Metal in the first place. Oh and they found out Black Metal too is a "youth scene", what a surprise! http://www.jugendszenen.com/

Rubbish, as I said.

The most retarded example (from Germany, at least) might be this "antifa"-clown Martin Langebach. He used the pseudonym Christian Dornbusch to write a book about "right wing extremism in Black Metal":
http://www.amazon.de/dp/3897718170

Guess what - this guy was quoting himself (but as Christian Dornbusch) in his own fucking thesis! This is so stupid, but hey - he's now an "expert" on "right wing extremism in Black Metal", giving lectures and writing more books and what-have-you. _________________Horde Absurd: www.hordeabsurd.com
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I agree that these books are annoying and mostly shit, but Banks Violette does some really good art. He also did a collaboration with Thorns some years ago. Lots of good artists are bad writers with stupid minds though.

Critical theory writing is usually horrible and worthless. For a good analysis of subcultures in general that doesn't make any attempts to understand metal or any other specific subculture, read some Dick Hebdige.

This thesis is probably more about analyzing the artists mentioned and putting their work in context with Black Metal and its aesthetics... like how it influences their output - so it deals with art (or "art", it is all subjective anyway) primarily - not the music itself.

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this is the most comical bullshit I have ever fucking heard. Someone should execute this faggot for real. "recent discourse in black metal theory" GO FUCK YOURSELF. This simultaneously casts shame on black metal and academia, which really doesn't need any help sinking that ship. So fuck off now days faggots.